The surprise attack came to nothing!
From high above, Shihōin Naraku saw it clearly. These people really wanted Mei Terumi dead.
Their choice of time and place for the attack had also been perfect.
But they had not expected Mei Terumi to have two Kage-level Ninja beside her!
Kage-level Ninja were hardly a dime a dozen, available whenever someone wanted them.
This unexpected development was a major reason the suicide attackers' assault had failed.
Without Hōzuki Sakutsuki and Yuki Yuki, their ambush plan might actually have succeeded.
After all, spies were still hidden among Mei Terumi's subordinates. Without the sudden addition of two Kage-level Ninja, if the spies had turned on her at a critical moment in the battle, Mei Terumi might really have suffered for it.
But there were no what-ifs, so Mei Terumi had emerged victorious this time.
Led by the two Kage-level Ninja, the Mist Ninja had easily killed all the suicide attackers.
Whoosh!
Hōzuki Sakutsuki crouched down and reached out to remove one suicide attacker's mask, revealing the face beneath.
"Ha! He really is a suicide operative from that family!"
As a member of one of Kirigakure's foremost Ninja families, Hōzuki Sakutsuki knew the identities of most of the village's Ninja inside out.
So he identified the suicide attacker at a glance!
"Are you sure?"
Mei Terumi stepped forward, frowning as she looked at the dead enemy's face.
"Yes. The suicide operatives those families specifically train hardly ever appear in the village, so you wouldn't recognize them."
"Most other people probably wouldn't recognize them either. It's just that I'm so familiar with those families' methods of training suicide operatives that I can tell at a glance."
What Hōzuki Sakutsuki did not mention was that the Hozuki Clan used the same methods to train suicide operatives!
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